SOLUTION: Model the following situation with an equation by determining the slope and y intercept. A candle is 8 inches tall and burns at a rate of 1.5 inches per hour.
Im doing a summer
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Question 152911: Model the following situation with an equation by determining the slope and y intercept. A candle is 8 inches tall and burns at a rate of 1.5 inches per hour.
Im doing a summer math packet and this question stumped me
Answer by jim_thompson5910(35256) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Since the candle starts at 8 inches, this means that the constant is . Also, because the candle burns at a rate of 1.5 inches per hour, this means that the slope is (note: the rate is negative since the length of the candle is decreasing). So the equation that models the candle is
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